Notice2023-03290
Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Reinstate an Information Collection
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Published
February 16, 2023
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Agriculture DepartmentNational Agricultural Statistics Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to seek reinstatement of an information collection, the 2023 Irrigation and Water Management Survey. Revision to previous burden hours will be needed due to changes in the size of the target population, sampling design, and questionnaire length.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 10078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03290]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Reinstate an Information
Collection
AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS) to seek reinstatement of an information collection, the
2023 Irrigation and Water Management Survey. Revision to previous
burden hours will be needed due to changes in the size of the target
population, sampling design, and questionnaire length.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 17, 2023 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number 0535-
0234, by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f40424d404949464c4a5d6f414e5c5c015a5c4b4e01484059"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1c73717e737a7a757f796e5c727d6f6f32696f787d327b736a">[email protected]</span></a>. Include the docket number
above in the subject line of the message.
<bullet> E-fax: (855) 838-6382.
<bullet> Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions to:
Richard Hopper, NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Room 5336 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20250-2024.
<bullet> Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand deliver to: Richard Hopper,
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Barnes, Associate Administrator,
National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, (202) 720-2707. Copies of this information collection and
related instructions can be obtained without charge from Richard
Hopper, NASS-OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 720-2206 or at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94fbf9f6fbf2f2fdf7f1e6d4faf5e7e7bae1e7f0f5baf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b9d6d4dbd6dfdfd0dadccbf9d7d8caca97cccaddd897ded6cf">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 2023 Irrigation and Water Management Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0234.
Type of Request: Statement to Seek Reinstatement of an Information
Collection.
Abstract: The 2023 Irrigation and Water Management Survey is
conducted every 5 years as authorized by the Census of Agriculture Act
of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-113). The 2023 Irrigation and Water Management
Survey will use a combined probability sample of all farms and
horticultural operations that reported irrigation and/or irrigation
equipment on the 2022 Census of Agriculture. This irrigation survey
aims to provide a comprehensive inventory of farm irrigation practices
with detailed data relating to acres irrigated by category of land use,
acres and yields of irrigated and non-irrigated crops, quantity of
water applied, and method of application to selected crops. Also
included will be 2023 expenditures for maintenance and repair of
irrigation equipment and facilities; purchase of energy for on-farm
pumping of irrigation water; investment in irrigation equipment,
facilities, and land improvement; cost of water received from off-farm
water supplies; and questions related to water reuse and security. The
irrigation questions for horticultural specialties will provide the
area irrigated in the open and under protection, source of water, and
the irrigation method used at the State level and by 20 Water Resource
Regions (WRR). A table will be published showing the total estimated
quantity of water applied for crops including horticultural
specialties. Irrigation data are used by the farmers, their
representatives, government agencies, and many other groups concerned
with the irrigation industry and water use issues. This survey will
provide the only source of dependable, comparable irrigation data by
State and Water Resources Region (WRR). The National Agricultural
Statistics Service will use the information collected only for
statistical purposes and will publish the data only as aggregate
totals.
Authority: The census of agriculture and subsequent follow-on
censuses are required by law under the ``Census of Agriculture Act of
1997,'' Public Law 105-113, 7 U.S.C. 2204(g). Individually identifiable
data collected under this authority are governed by Section 1770 of the
Food Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires
USDA to afford strict confidentiality to non-aggregated data provided
by respondents. This Notice is submitted in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et
seq.) and Office of Management and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part
1320.
All NASS employees and NASS contractors must also fully comply with
all provisions of the Confidential Information Protection and
Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2018, Title III of Public Law
115-435, codified in 44 U.S.C. Ch. 35. CIPSEA supports NASS's pledge of
confidentiality to all respondents and facilitates the agency's efforts
to reduce burden by supporting statistical activities of collaborative
agencies through designation of NASS agents, subject to the limitations
and penalties described in CIPSEA. NASS uses the information only for
statistical purposes and publishes only tabulated total data.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 45-60 minutes per response.
Publicity materials and instruction sheets will account for about 15
minutes of additional burden per respondent. Respondents who refuse to
complete the survey will be allotted 2 minutes of burden per attempt to
collect the data.
Respondents: Farmers, Ranchers, Farm Managers, and producers of
Nursery, Greenhouse and Floricultural Products.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 35,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 28,000 hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, technological, or other forms of
information technology collection methods.
All responses to this notice will become a matter of public record
and be summarized in the request for OMB approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, January 26, 2023.
Kevin L. Barnes,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023-03290 Filed 2-15-23; 8:45 am]
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